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<br />MINNEAPOLIS CODE
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<br />source; provided further, however, that such equip-
<br />ment, the operation of which fully conforms and
<br />in the reasonable opinion of the director of inspec-
<br />tions or the city council is likely to fully conform
<br />to the provisions of sections 389.'50, 389.60, 389.65,
<br />389.90, and 389.100 of this chapter ~hall be per-
<br />mitted to operate during the above-prohibited
<br />hours and days after obtaining the permit re-
<br />quired by this section.
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<br />(b) No internal-combustion engine or any other
<br />power unit when operated in connection with
<br />construction or demolition equipment shall be
<br />operated at any time other than at the times as
<br />above set forth in this section and any sound
<br />emitted from any such engine or power unit shall
<br />not exceed ninety (90) decibels measured at fIfty
<br />(50) feet or more away from the source.
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<br />(c) No exhaust system of such an internal-
<br />combustion engine shall be altered, modifIed or
<br />repaired in such a way that the noise emitted by
<br />the engine is increased above that emitted by said
<br />engine as originally equipped from the manufac-
<br />turer.
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<br />(d) If an emergency situation exists or if the
<br />director of inspections determines that substan-
<br />tial loss or inconvenience would result to any
<br />party in interest unless allowed additional hours
<br />of equipment operation, the director may grant
<br />permission for extended hours of operation of
<br />such construction or demolition equipment and
<br />internal-combustion engine or power units sub-
<br />ject to such conditions or restrictions as the direc-
<br />tor determines to be necessary and appropriate
<br />and in the public interest.
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<br />(e) The fees for an extended hours-of-operation
<br />permit issued pursuant to paragraph (d) hereof,
<br />shall be fIfty dollars ($50.00) per day for each
<br />Saturday, Sunday, and legal holiday on which
<br />work is performed and each calendar day on
<br />which work is performed after 6:00 p.m. or before
<br />7:00 a.m. of the following day. The fee for an
<br />extended hours-of-operation permit for a public
<br />works project, issued pursuant to paragraph (f)
<br />hereof, shall be twenty~five dollars ($25.00) per
<br />day. Permits shall be obtained in advance of the
<br />proposed extended hours of operation. If the per-
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<br />mit has not been applied for in advance, the fee
<br />will be doubled for the days of operation prior to
<br />the date of application if the permit is issued.
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<br />(f) The department of public works may con-
<br />struct, repair or rehabilitate any highway, road or
<br />bridge or other public infrastructure after 6:00
<br />p.m. or before 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or on
<br />Saturdays, Sundays or state or federal holidays
<br />when, in the judgment of the city engineer it is
<br />determined that the expeditious construction, re-
<br />pair or rehabilitation of any highway, road or
<br />bridge or other public infrastructure necessitates
<br />the operation of pile drivers, jackhammers, en-
<br />gines, power units or any other construction equip-
<br />ment. (Code 1960, As Amend., ~ 948.040; 79-0r-
<br />036, ~ 2, 2-23-79; 79-0r-1l2, ~ 1, 5-25-79; 79-0r-
<br />210, ~ 1, 10-26-79; 85-0r-082, ~~ 1, 2, 4-26-85;
<br />86-0r-005, ~ 1, 1-17-86; 86-0r-105, ~ 3, 5-9-86;
<br />86-0r-1l9, ~ 1, 5-23-86; 87-0r-021, ~ 1, 2-6-87;
<br />87-Or-022, ~~ 1-3, 2-6-87; 90-0r-On, ~ 1, 3-16-
<br />90; 90-0r-1l9, 9 1, 5-11-90; 92-0r-122, ~ 1, 10-9-
<br />92; 97-0r-063, ~ 8, 7-11-97; 98-0r-099, ~ 3, 10-2-
<br />98)
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<br />389.80. Outdoor implements. Except as here-
<br />inafter provided, any power lawn mower, snow
<br />blower, power hedge clipper, power saw, leafblower,
<br />trimmer, or such other implement, designed pri-
<br />marily for outdoor use, shall be operated within
<br />the city only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
<br />9:00 p.m. on any day. No leaf blowers shall be
<br />operated by any person in the city without a
<br />muffler nor shall a leaf blower be operated in the
<br />city that causes sound in excess of seventy (70)
<br />dB(A) measured at fifty (50) feet away. A snow
<br />blower may be operated between the hours of 6:00
<br />a.m. and 9:00 a.m. or between the hours of 9:00
<br />p.m. and 10:00 p.m. if operation during such
<br />hours is reasonably necessary for an owner, occu-
<br />pant or other person having responsibility under
<br />section 445.20 and/or section 225.680(c) to meet
<br />their responsibilities for snow removal under those
<br />sections without undue hardship. (Code 1960, As
<br />Amend., ~ 948.050; 97-0r-063, ~ 9, 7-11-97)
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<br />389.90. Temporary crushing activities. (a)
<br />Definition and purpose. Temporary crushing ac-
<br />tivities include on-site crushing, grinding or pul-
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